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. $91 billion to $600 trillion in ten years. in unregulated activity, in the shadow economy. there were those activities that also contributed so much to the economic difficulties we're going through. the agriculture committee run by my good friend from arkansas, blanche lincoln, the members of her committee and our committee on the banking committee, have worked out, we believe, a sound and solid proposal on how we can protect the american consumers from these very risky instruments, if they don't be subjected to some basic rules of margin requirements, capital, let the sun shine on them in the exchanges where people can see the value, the market can determine that. all of those things are critical. derivatives are note a bad thing. they're needed, in fact, to have economic growth and prosperity. the problem is not using them. it's how they're used. whether they're operating in the shadows or bright light, where everyone knows where they are and how to value them. that's in our bill as well. there's a lot more in this legislati
. $91 billion to $600 trillion in ten years. in unregulated activity, in the shadow economy. there were those activities that also contributed so much to the economic difficulties we're going through. the agriculture committee run by my good friend from arkansas, blanche lincoln, the members of her committee and our committee on the banking committee, have worked out, we believe, a sound and solid proposal on how we can protect the american consumers from these very risky instruments, if they...
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president obama had 22 nominees awaiting confirmation. 22 are waiting right now. at this point in president bush's first term the senate confirmed all but seven. 22 to 7. that means republicans have stalled more judicial nominations than they've allowed have us vote. many of these nominees reported by the judicial committee have been pending more months and months. every time the republicans stand in the way to do its judicial job, the public pace the price. this is not how the senate operated in the past. this is unique. it is unprecedented and indefensible. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i want to join the majority leader in recognizing the 15th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing and add my voice to the others that have remembered the loss of life we suffered on that are terrible day. i also extend my sympathy to the survivors and to the families of the lost. it's impossible for most of us to understand how someone who could commit such a terrible act. it's impossible for most of us who appreciate
president obama had 22 nominees awaiting confirmation. 22 are waiting right now. at this point in president bush's first term the senate confirmed all but seven. 22 to 7. that means republicans have stalled more judicial nominations than they've allowed have us vote. many of these nominees reported by the judicial committee have been pending more months and months. every time the republicans stand in the way to do its judicial job, the public pace the price. this is not how the senate operated...
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good morning. >> host: good morning, karen. >> caller: the only thing i have a problem with is that i see the tea partiers it should not be fair to a senator like senator mccain why should we vote him in again when he left his campaign to go vote on the bailout. you know, so i think we should just be fair. we should target everybody. everybody. the democrats and the republicans on this -- ever since they've been in office for the last eight years that's who we should be getting up out of there. i say get rid of all of them in even when they come up for re-elections, democrat or republicans. get rid of all of them >> host: there's two headlines this morning that i want to share from that caller's comments. here's the front page of "usa today." frustrated voters cut ties with de so eshg dems. more people are saying they are independent in key races across the country. >> host: pushing antiestablishment gop candidates in florida, california and colorado. any idea of the fundraising efforts going on in
good morning. >> host: good morning, karen. >> caller: the only thing i have a problem with is that i see the tea partiers it should not be fair to a senator like senator mccain why should we vote him in again when he left his campaign to go vote on the bailout. you know, so i think we should just be fair. we should target everybody. everybody. the democrats and the republicans on this -- ever since they've been in office for the last eight years that's who we should be getting up...
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that's what last night's vote was b this morning i saw the junior senator from virginia, a democrat and a man who knows what it's like to create jobs, is acknowledging what republicans have been saying all along. "there are parts that need to be tightened." that's certainly true. so let's stop the show part -- e show par partisanship. let's back to proving to the american people that the days of wall street bailouts are indeed over. madam presint, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, there will now be a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each and with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the majority controlling the first half and the republicans controlling the final half. ms. stabenow: madam president? the presiding officer: the snoer from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, madam president. i rise today to urge republican colleagues, to urge the republican leader to drop their fil
that's what last night's vote was b this morning i saw the junior senator from virginia, a democrat and a man who knows what it's like to create jobs, is acknowledging what republicans have been saying all along. "there are parts that need to be tightened." that's certainly true. so let's stop the show part -- e show par partisanship. let's back to proving to the american people that the days of wall street bailouts are indeed over. madam presint, i yield the floor. the presiding...
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yet, look what we've done on wall street and washington. washington's permissive attitude towards wall street has thrown our entire economic system into turmoil. the financial sector can't be allowed to call the shots as they have when it comes to our economy. let me give you one quick statistic. in 1980, 35% of our nation's g.d.p. was manufacturing. less than half that amount, less than one-sixth was financial services. today those numbers have flipped. manufacturing, at least before this recession, manufacturing accounted for only about 15% of our g.d.p. financial services was almost twice that. look what that brought us, mr. president. look what it brings us in mining towns in colorado or industrial towns in ohio, where town after town after town has been hollowed out because of wall street, because of policies that federal policies from the last decade that have chosen financial services over manufacturing, that have chosen wall street over main street. mega banks can't hold such a large stake in our economy that their downfall becomes
yet, look what we've done on wall street and washington. washington's permissive attitude towards wall street has thrown our entire economic system into turmoil. the financial sector can't be allowed to call the shots as they have when it comes to our economy. let me give you one quick statistic. in 1980, 35% of our nation's g.d.p. was manufacturing. less than half that amount, less than one-sixth was financial services. today those numbers have flipped. manufacturing, at least before this...
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only 22 republican seats. let me translate that for you. there's a republican senate in your future. it's probably just not in 2000. it's probably not in 2010. so to sort of look at this, could things change in the next six months? and could democrats avoid, you know, this near apocalyptic election? yeah, things could change over the next few months. they could. but change is the operative term. things would have to change. 'cause the trajectory is headed towards a bad place. now, if i wanted to be nasty i could say, things could change in the next six months. i could be thin in the next six months. [laughter] >> but that would be -- that would be tacky. [laughter] >> when you ask -- okay. what could change things? well, unemployment could change. if unemployment got a lot better, now it was 9.7% in january, 9.7% in february, 9.7% in march and we've got new numbers coming up in the next two weeks -- if unemployment got a lot better between now and then, sure, it could. but the thing is the economic forecast, both the blue chip economic indi
only 22 republican seats. let me translate that for you. there's a republican senate in your future. it's probably just not in 2000. it's probably not in 2010. so to sort of look at this, could things change in the next six months? and could democrats avoid, you know, this near apocalyptic election? yeah, things could change over the next few months. they could. but change is the operative term. things would have to change. 'cause the trajectory is headed towards a bad place. now, if i wanted...
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i think it was in virginia in a case. we aggressively enforceed that and we will continue to do so and we, i appreciate the leadership of senator schumer and others in the passage of the move act. as you know that was a bipart bill and -- bipartisan bill and we will fully and aggressively enforcement -- enforce it and i look forward to doing so. >> election is coming up in november. >> absolutely. >> we don't want to have another election with 25% of our military not able to vote. >> i agree with you sir. on this new plaque party panther case -- black party panther case dismissal, you told the house judiciary committee when you testified that the maximum menl -- penalty was sought in that case. but the question was, was it obtained? can you compare the remedy sought in the original complaints with the remedy actually obtained in the unjunction? isn't it true that the come sought a person innocent -- complaint sought a permanent injunction against all four defendants and the ultimate injunction was only for a few years and
i think it was in virginia in a case. we aggressively enforceed that and we will continue to do so and we, i appreciate the leadership of senator schumer and others in the passage of the move act. as you know that was a bipart bill and -- bipartisan bill and we will fully and aggressively enforcement -- enforce it and i look forward to doing so. >> election is coming up in november. >> absolutely. >> we don't want to have another election with 25% of our military not able to...
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a typical tour, and even the team will go out on just about 600 bomb calls. that is to be asked to diffuse about two bombs every day. a number that may be the better indicator of their fight to the war effort though is the fact that the insurgents reported 50,000-dollar bought on the head of and d.o.d. are prepared to kill one of these soldiers and get $50,000. unfortunately, this particular bomb calls wouldn't end well. by the time the soldier got close enough to the device to see that it wasn't a piece of trash that was a bomb, it exploded. you have to be as far away as a football field to escape death or injury from the blast frankly, at you at both the that even if you're not hit, the sheer force of the explosion itself can break your limbs that the soldier though had been right on top of that bomb would have exploded. so when the dust settled, and smoke cleared, the rest of team advance and they found little left of them. so the night the commander of the unit wrote a condolence letter back to the united states. they apologize for not being able to bring
a typical tour, and even the team will go out on just about 600 bomb calls. that is to be asked to diffuse about two bombs every day. a number that may be the better indicator of their fight to the war effort though is the fact that the insurgents reported 50,000-dollar bought on the head of and d.o.d. are prepared to kill one of these soldiers and get $50,000. unfortunately, this particular bomb calls wouldn't end well. by the time the soldier got close enough to the device to see that it...
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in the difficult work the team will go out on just about 600 bomb calls. they will be asked to diffuse to balms every day. the number that may be the better indicator of the value to the war effort though is the insurgents reported $50,000 bounty on the head of an dod trooper. cowal one of these american soldiers get $60,000. this particular bomb call would not end well. by the time the soldier got close enough to the device to see it was not a piece of trash, it was a bomb exploded. now you have to be as far away as a football field to escape death or injury from the blast coming at what speed and even if you are not hit the force of the explosion itself can break your limbs. the soldier though had been right on top of that bomb when it exploded so when the dust settled and the smoke cleared the team felt little left. so the might of the commander of the unit didn't the job and wrote a condolence letter back to the united states. the apologize for not being done to bring that soldier home. they talked about how tough the loss was for the rest of the unit
in the difficult work the team will go out on just about 600 bomb calls. they will be asked to diffuse to balms every day. the number that may be the better indicator of the value to the war effort though is the insurgents reported $50,000 bounty on the head of an dod trooper. cowal one of these american soldiers get $60,000. this particular bomb call would not end well. by the time the soldier got close enough to the device to see it was not a piece of trash, it was a bomb exploded. now you...